the_debt_of_time

"It did," Sirius replied with a chuckle until a sadness fell back over him. "I meant to
do it that night. The night you left. Cheap Chinese takeaway in the middle of our living
room. Thought it was more us than the grand production and speech that Prongs gave
Lily."
Mia smiled and touched his cheek. "Definitely more us."
"And much better than what Remus did with Tonks." Sirius grinned and kissed her
hand, sitting back to unclasp the silver chain from around his neck and slip the ring off,
still Disillusioned, before putting the necklace back on.
"I never found out how he proposed," Mia admitted, glancing at the invisible piece
of jewellery in his palm. "Let me guess, lots of poetry?"
"Hardly," Sirius said with a laugh. "From the way my cousin tells me, he blurted it
out right after shagging her the night Dumbledore died."
Mia shook her head in exasperation. "It's actually adorable how stupidly in love with
her he is."
Sirius held the ring in between two fingers, still not letting her see it just yet. "What
do you want to do?" he asked her with a smile on his face, looking at the way her eyes
sparkled.
"I think―" Mia grinned and bit the corner of her bottom lip. "—I'd like some cheap
Chinese takeaway."
They left Grimmauld Place and walked to a small restaurant a few streets away
where Muggles stared at them as they fed one another lo mein and split egg rolls. Sirius
walked to the front counter where he set down a crisp, fifty-pound note and requested a
bag full of fortune cookies. He returned to the small table in the corner, ignoring the girl
behind the counter who was holding out his change for him.
He and Mia dug into the biscuits, breaking them open to read the silly fortunes.
Sirius smiled over "A thrilling time is in your immediate future" and laughed at "Be
mischievous and you will not be lonesome."
Mia fell into a fit of giggles when she read "A good time to finish up old tasks" and rolled
her eyes when she saw "Focus on your long-term goals."
She paused for a moment when Sirius reached across the table and took her hand
in his. He closed her fingers around something he placed in her palm, and when she opened
it she saw a small fortune there that read "All things are difficult before they are easy."